CARE FOR YOUR TEETH AT EVERY AGE WHAT TO DO NOW TO AVOID PROBLEMS LATER

A BRILLIANT SMILE IS EVERYONE’S BEST BEAUTY BOOST AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THERE ARE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO COMBAT THE CHANGES THAT COME WITH TIME…

SOLUTION TO REDUCE THE IMPACT OF ACID IN FOOD IT’S IMPORTANT TO WAIT HALF AN HOUR TO BRUSH TEETH AFTER EATING OR DRINKING TO ALLOW SALIVA THE CHANCE TO NEUTRALISE ACID. IF YOU BRUSH IMMEDIATELY AFTER, SAY, DRINKING ORANGE JUICE, IT RUBS THE ACID IN, CAUSING EROSION. RIN RINSING WITH WATER OR EATING A SMALL PIECE OF CHEESE AFTER DRINKING WINE ALSO HAS A NEUTRALISING EFFECT. IF YOU SUFFER FROM MORNING SICKNESS IT’S IMPORTANTIMPORTAN TO RINSE TEETH REGULARLY WITH WATER. A FLFLUORIDE FLUORIDE RINSE MAY H HELP AS WELL.

RISK HORMONAL CHANGES AND AN INCREASED IMMUNEIMMU RESPONSE IN PREGNANT WOMEN MEANM THAT THE TINIEST BIT OF BACTERIABACT IN PLAQUE CAN CAUSE AN EXAGGERATED RESPONSE. PREGNANCY GINGIVIT GINGIVITIS (GUM INFLAM INFLAMMATION) CAN CAUSE SWELLING,

REDNESS OF THE GUMS AND INCREASED BLEEDING FROM LIGHT PRESSURE. IF LEFT UNTREATED, THIS CAN BECOME A PREGNANCY EPULIS; AN UNSIGHTLY SWELLING BETWEEN THE TEETH.

SOLUTION AN EPULIS USUALLY SHRINKS NATURALLY BUT CAN TAKE UP TO A YEAR. SO PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE WITH REGULAR HYGIENIST VISITS AND CHECK-UPS DURING PREGNANCY, ESPECIALLY IF YOU NOTICE GUM BLEEDING.